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Nine non-conformities found at Equinor’s Kristin off Norway

From 7 to 14 June 2018, Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority carried out an audit of Equinor’s operations at Kristin platform. The scope of the audit was on materials handling, use and maintenance of lifting equipment and scaffolding/access techniques, as well as its contractors’ practices within regular working environment mapping and follow-up of working environment risk, especially for SIP personnel, catering personnel and process operators.

The objective of the activity within logistics and...

https://safety4sea.com/nine-non-conformities-found-at-equinors-kristin-off-norway/

Watch: First unmanned platform starts production off Norway

On 14 October, the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field in the North Sea came on stream. Remotely-operated from the Oseberg field centre, the new Oseberg H platform is the first unmanned platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, with recoverable resources at 110 million barrels.

Partners in the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 production licence include Norwegian Equinor Energy AS (49.3%), Petoro AS (33.6%), Total E&P Norge AS (14.7%) and ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (2.4%). The field is located in the North...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-first-unmanned-platform-starts-production-off-norway/

Johan Sverdrup now officially receives power from shore

On October 9, the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Kjell-Børge Freiberg, officially opened the power-from-shore solution which will provide the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea with electricity for more than 50 years.

The development of Johan Sverdrup in the North Sea has been through the busiest installation campaign ever for a field in the North Sea. With electric power supplied from shore Johan Sverdrup operations can run without the use of fossil fuels.

Jez Averty, senior vice...

https://safety4sea.com/johan-sverdrup-now-officially-receives-power-from-shore/

Petrobras, Equinor assess offshore wind in Brazil

Brazilian energy major Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Norwegian oil major Equinor to evaluate a joint business development in the offshore wind energy industry in Brazil.

Within the scope of the strategic partnership between the two companies, Petrobras and Equinor have been researching other potential areas for cooperation, including the development of renewable energy initiatives.

Joint studies with Equinor are part of...

https://safety4sea.com/petrobras-equinor-assess-offshore-wind-in-brazil/

Court upholds BOEM lease for New York offshore wind energy

A nautical chart showing the proposed New York wind energy area. BOEM image.

Seafood industry groups were dealt a setback Sept. 30 when a federal court judge in Washington, D.C., refused to grant a ruling in their challenge of a federal lease for an 80,000-acre offshore wind energy project near New York.

The Fisheries Survival Fund and its allies sought a summary judgement from U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., to overturn the federal Bureau of Offshore Energy Management’s grant of a $42.5 million lease to Norway-based Equinor, formerly Statoil,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/court-upholds-boem-lease-for-new-york-offshore-wind-energy/

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